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December 2023: To Dwell Among Us
December 2nd, 2023
I’ve had a recent conversation with one of my children about Santa, the mystery that stirs the imagination about a man who circles the earth in a night, nary ...
November 2023: The In-Between of November
November 2nd, 2023
Just a couple of nights ago, my family and I drove into Ardmore (our usual Halloween haunt) for some trick-or-treating....
October 2023: Welcome New Members
October 1st, 2023
Perhaps you have noticed that we have some new members around here. And not just some – to date, we have welcomed 59 new members into the beloved community of...
September 2023: The Metaphor for Life
September 1st, 2023
As I have attempted to become a half-decent plant parent over these adulting years, I figured that in order to shed my “accidentally kill all the plants that ...
August 2023: That of Gratitude
August 1st, 2023
When the dear old dad of my oldest friend Anna gave me a hard time last week for turning the ripe old age of 42 -- "that sure sounds like an age when you'd know...
July 2023: CBF’s General Assembly
July 1st, 2023
This past week, twenty First on Fifth folks traveled to Atlanta for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly, the annual gathering of more than 100...